unmanly
adjective
un·man·ly
ˌən-ˈman-lē 
unmanlier; unmanliest
: not manly: such as
a
: being of weak character : cowardly
b
: having qualities considered more typical of a woman
Examples of unmanly in a Sentence
He felt unmanly because he wasn't interested in sports.
I disagree that dancing is an unmanly pursuit.
My father told me that it's unmanly to cry.
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In Benediction, Terence Davies had to split Siegfried Sassoon into two (Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi) to create a comparably complex personality, but Scott’s Adam is all the more moving for being less refined, a performance of sustained fragility and unmanly truth.
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Armond White, National Review, 29 Dec. 2023
Why is his governess, Mrs. Brock, fired for encouraging Richard’s unmanly interest in poetry and music?
—Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books, 22 Nov. 2018
But the bunt-against-the-shift is the baseball equivalent of the unmanly underhand free throw.
—Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 17 June 2018
Refusing her advances would be awkward, unmanly, gay.
—Peggy Orenstein, The Cut, 8 Mar. 2018
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Armond White, National Review, 29 Dec. 2023
Why is his governess, Mrs. Brock, fired for encouraging Richard’s unmanly interest in poetry and music?
—Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books, 22 Nov. 2018
But the bunt-against-the-shift is the baseball equivalent of the unmanly underhand free throw.
—Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 17 June 2018
Refusing her advances would be awkward, unmanly, gay.
—Peggy Orenstein, The Cut, 8 Mar. 2018
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“Unmanly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmanly. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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unmanly
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